Home / Quotes / Quote by Sharon McMahon

Quote by Sharon McMahon

“Facts don’t require our personal approval for them to be facts.”

Quote by Sharon McMahon

Book:The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement (Spiral-Bound) [Spiral-bound] Sharon McMahon

Work

The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement (Spiral-Bound) [Spiral-bound] Sharon McMahon

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Sharon McMahon. more

You May Also Like

“Nice things don't happen in story books. Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it.”

Facts Story Book Bitter Fact

Book:The Cruel Prince

Source: The Cruel Prince

“Peace, Montag. Give the people contests they win by remembering the worlds to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving.”

Facts Deception Brainwashing Conspiracy Theories

Book:Fahrenheit 451

Source: Fahrenheit 451

“If you corner a man with a gun he will fight to the death, if you corner him with arguments he will call you an idiot.”

Facts Wisdom Logic Common Sense Arguments Argumentation

Author:Marcese Maschietto

“Goldfish don't have stomachs or eyelids. And their resting attention span is actually one-point-oh-nine times that of the average human.”

Facts Mystery Murder Thriller Animals Fish Killer Fun Facts

Book:Bad Blood

Source: Bad Blood

“Facts never speak loudly. They don’t stir tears. Yet our silence only helps sink them deeper.”

Facts Silence Fact Speak Up Cognitive Dissonance Confirmation Bias

Book:Enigmakrostik

Source: Enigmakrostik

“Furthermore, as the body suffers the horrors of disease and the pangs of pain, so we see the mind stabbed with anguish, grief and fear. What more natural than that it should likewise have a share in death?”

Mind Philosophy Death Spirit Lucretius

Book:On the Nature of Things

Source: On the Nature of Things

“However strong opinions are, they are not facts. This is why critical thinking & independent research are essential for everyone.”

Thinking Facts Religion Research Critical Thinking

Author:Chidi Ejeagba

“There are facts, there are opinions, and there are lies. And what deniers want to do is take their lies, dress them up as opinions — maybe edgy opinions, maybe sort of out-of-the-box opinions — but then if they're opinions, they should be part of the conversation. And then they encroach on the facts.”

Facts Denial Holocaust Denial Holocaust Deniers Alternative Facts Conspiracy Theorists Denying Truth

Author:Deborah Lipstadt

“Uno siempre acaba haciendo amigos nuevos y no es necesario quedarse con ellos día tras día. Cuando vemos siempre a las mismas personas (y esto pasa en el seminario) terminamos haciendo que pasen a formar parte de nuestras vidas. Y como ellas forman parte de nuestras vidas, pasan también a querer modificar nuestras vidas. Y si no somos como ellas esperan que seamos, se molestan. Porque todas las personas saben exactamente cómo debemos vivir nuestra vida. Y nunca tienen idea de cómo deben vivir sus propias vidas. Como la mujer de los sueños que no sabía transformarlos en realidad.”

Facts Inspiration

Book:The Alchemist

Source: The Alchemist

“For anyone desiring to go beyond this world’s illusory limits, the most important thing is to avoid accepting anything anyone (including yours truly) asserts as ‘fact’ without personally testing it with an open mind … and heart.”

Facts Illusion Materialism Openness Dogma Free Spirit Freethinker Simulation Maya Simulation Theory

Book:Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

Source: Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality